Oddisee-That’s Love

A bit of soul, jazz, scat, and some really fast rap…put them all together brilliantly and it equates LOVE! There is everything to appreciate in this hip-hop song, even though it has been out for quite awhile. Get your groove on and listen to the select song for this week!

Are you ready for the New Year? No? Well, this song might just get you there!

Oddisee-That’s Love

When you told me the truth, even if it really hurt ‘Cuz you knew a lie was worse (That’s love) When you let me borrow money, that you didn’t really have ‘Cuz you knew what I was worth (That’s love) When I was at my worst, you would tell me I would blow When I thought that I would burst (That’s love) You taught me how to help others, and through that discover How to put myself first And here we are again, just confronting fears Whether pain, or gain, it’s a bunch of tears Blood, sweats, and peers, probably disappear When smoke starts to clear, their persistence near Pay attention to the folks, who’re fanning the flames They’re the ones who matter most, In the gravity game When stakes weigh you down, and they stay around And pick up pieces, and you off the ground That’s love

When you were giving me advice, that I seldom ever took But your head never shook (That’s love) Both knowing you were right, never shook it left and right Just gave me that look (That’s love) When i had to learn the hard way, and you would let me fall But never did it out of spite (That’s love) You told me never burn a bridge If you build it, then you need it Whether a river or a brook And here we are again, in the cross of paths Darwin’s our friendship, strongest last But our strength lies in our first thoughts that laugh at The things that bring most hurt hearts to clash Funk passed the ball, beat bounced the brawl Pass it, penniless, blame games, and all Had a few deals, time out to chill But knowing when you need space means you feel In love

*Hook

Ooooooo, we try to tell ourselves That we don’t really need it anymore As if a million dollars, or the bottom of a bottle Or a carton, never cheated me before So you started with the “I don’t need it, all i need is money” “You can give it to me, but you’ll never get it from me” Yea you refused to play, but you was still in the game Like it, or not, let me explain Now see There’s a tough kind, a too much kind A not enough kind, a rather rushed kind And the abrupt kind, a go nuts kind A hold up, maybe we should take it slow kind A when you know kind, it started off as friends But then over time, began to show kind And if we love each other, but we can’t stay together We’ll do worse than better, gotta go kind And that’s love